Bumper for automobiles.



W. P. HAMMOND.

BUMPER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY22, 191s.

1,276,21 1-. Patented Aug 20, 191&

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IN VENTOR.

of New Jersey, 'h'ave' S A P "-WII-ILI'AM P HAMMOND, or'mss'mo, NEWinns-BY.

BUM-PER FOR AUTQMOBILES.

" Apfilieatiori filed Mey22, 1916.- Serial No. 35,687,;

I I'- I To all 1011002 cf may concern :1

Be 1t knownthat' =I,'E'ILLIAM P. HAM

atom), av citizen oflhe'T n'ited States, residing at Passaic, county ofPass-ale, and Statemv'ented certain new.

andnseful Improvements in Bumpers for .Automobiles, of whichjthefollowing is a' specification.

The present i'nvention relates; to a bumper for automobiles, and. hasfor its 0b3ect std provide a device of thischaractcrl which eniwhich canbeeas' lvand" quickly mounted upon the Yelllt'le'.wltll(jlltnecessitating anybodiesnovel features of construction whereb v can be'readily. applied to such motor vehicles as the well-known Fordautomoblle,

said vehicle's being characterized by the absence of any;forwardly.projecting knuckles and byv a front body bolster andsemi-elliptic spring centrally united and: both disposed in thevertical'phine of the front aX-le' the, ends 'of the bodyvbolster'beingconnected to the forward extremities of" the side bars ofthe main fra1n'e, and having the radiator inount-. ed thereon;

- Further objects of the inventionare to'prov1de an automobile bumper ofthis character changes in the construction thereof, which obta nsa. firmbearing upon the frame of the automobile so as to successfully resistany shocks to which the device may be subjected when in use; and whichdoes not interfere in any. manner with the proper functioning of anyofthe mechanism of the vehicle.

Vith these and other objects in' vie'w. the inventionconsists in certainnovel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fullyappear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof. beingpoint-. ed out in the appended claims. v

For full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowingde 'scription and accompanying drawing, in

which Figure l is a frontelevation of the for-.- ward end of a Fordautomobile having the improved bumper applied thereto, the'upper portion,of the machine being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view 'of the bun'iperand fragmentary portions otthe automobile frame.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View .throug'hthe bumper.portions being broken away and shown insectio'n. and fragmentaryportions of thc auton'lobile frame being shown. (I

. Specification of Letters-Patent.

" 'of thefront bod bolster'2 Patented Aiigx'ZO, 1918.

Fig. iis a detached perspectiveview. of the reai jend of one of. thebumperarms.

Corresponding and like parts are referred toin the following descriptionand indicated lllil'll the VIEWS of the drawings by the same referencecharacters.

. F or the purpose of illustration the bumperis shown as applied to anautomobile 'of the .Ford type, the-numeral l designating the radiator,Qthe front bodvv bolster, 3 the semi- 'elliptic front springavhichhas'the ends ,is suitably secured, as by means-of the'rings 8. to theforward extremities of plunger-s E) which are slidably mounted uponbumper arms 10, one of wlnch 'IDI'OJQCtS forwardly from each side of thevehicle frame. As indicated more clearly by Fig. 3. these bumper arms 10may have -a hollow or channel formatlon andbepro'vided with an interlorpartition 10 for slidabl v engaging the plungers 9. Coil s )IIIIQS 11are shown as surroundm the plungers 9 and interposed between shoulders12'thereon and the-forward extremities of the arms 10. Tra'ns'lerse'pins 13 extending through suitable openings. in the ends of thepl'ungers 9'limit the outward movement ofthe planners and prevent themfrom being withdrawn, from position. The springs 11 operate in the.usual manner to provide a cushioning means to absorb ordinar shocks andjars, the plungersQj and bumper bar 7 being free to move rearwardly al'imitedamount against the action of the sprmgs 11.

' 'The rear end of, each of the arms 10 terminates in a shoulder ltwhichis adapted to abut against the front of the vehicle frame and'to takethe direct thrusts upon the bumper. A tang. 15 extends rearwardly fromthe top. of the arm 10an'd fits over the top of the correspondingradiator lug 1, be-

ing'formed with an opening 15" which is adapted to receive the'bolt 71An arm 16 projects downwardly from the rear end of the bumper .arm 10.the lower end thereof being connected to' a plate or arm 17 whichextends rearwardly .along the exterior of the corresponding side bar '6,the extremity of the rearwardly extending arm; being'provided at the topand bottom thereof with laterally projecting flanges18 which fit overthe top and bottom respectively of the .side

bar 6. A block 19-is provided at the interextremity of-the front bodybolster 2 which has a channel formation. This block 19 is perforatedat19" forengagement with the 7 same bolt? which passes through theradia-The upperface of the block 19 may be chanor side plate of the side bar 6being provided tor lug 1- and the before mentioned tang 15.

neledto insure a firm bearing against the lower face-of the-body bolster2, and the rearwardly extending arm 17 may be reinforced by, a rib 17 2'The flanges 18 at the extremity ofthe rearwardly extending .arm

The said bumper bar supporting arms 10 are thus held firmly inposition'with the shoul- .ders 14 at the rear ends .thereof' abutting squarelyagainst the-main vehicle frame, so that any reasonable or ordinaryamount of thrust can be resisted without resulting in any injury to thevehicleor any of the mechanism thereon.

. Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire.to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bumper supporting arm for use in COIlIlGOEiOIIWitll automobileshaving amain frame which includes a transverse front body bolster andside barsfconnectedto the extremities thereof and having a radiatorformed with side lugs which are secured to the frame, said supporting atthe rear; end thereof in a shoulder adapted to fit .squarelyagainstthefront of the automobile frame, a downwardly extending arm inalinement with the shoulder for'obtaining an extended bearing'upon .theframe, and a side plateand top tangv being provided, a top tang fittingover a side 1 lug'of the radiator,'-'while the side plate extends alonga side bar of the main frame.

2. A bumper supportmgarmfor use in connection-with automoblles having amain thereof in a shoulder 17 fit over the top and'bot-tom.

of the main frame and se-. 'curely look the bumper supporting arm 10'against any, vertical swinging movement.-

' a. side bar of the main ing arm being the channel shaped bolster.

'in a shoulder adapted a downwardly pro ecting arm arm terminating beingprovided in the plane of the shoulder,

against the side bar of the frame,

transverse channel shaped front body bolster and side bars connected-tothe ends thereof, said arm terminating at the rear end thereof in .ashoulder adapted to fit squarely against the front of the bolster, adownwardly extending arm being provided in the plane of'the shoulder forobtaining an extended bearing upon the bolster, and a side plate beingalso provided,

the side platefitting tightly against a side bar of the main frame,while the down-' wardly extending arm terminates in means forpositivelyengaging the edge of the chan- -nel shaped bolster.

3. A bumper support-ing arm for use in connection with automobileshaving a main frame which includes a transverse channel being alsoprovided at the rear end of the arm, the tang fitting over a side lug ofthe radiator, while the side plate extends along frame and is providedwith a lateral wing for engagement with an edge of the side bar, thedownwardly extendprovided at its end with means for positively engagingthe edge of 4. Abumper supporting arm for use in the plane of theshoulder to obtain an'extended bearing upon the bolster, a side plateand an upper tang shaped front body bolster and side bars conconnectionwith automobiles having a main frame which includes a transverse channelshaped front body bolster and side bars con- I nected to the endsthereof, Ell'lClillSO having a radiator frame formed with side lugs,said supporting arm terminating at its rear end to fit squarely againstthe bolster,

for obtaining an extended bearing upon the bolster, and an upper tangand a side plate being also provided, the tang fitting over a side lugof the radiator while the side plate extends rearwardly-from the lowerend of the downwardly extending: arm and] fits block being formed at theintersection of the arm and side plate for fitting in the channel shapedfrontbody bolster. 1

- VVILLIAlVl P. HAMMOND.

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